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Today was a wet and yucky day in Florence.  We had very little on our “to do” plate, so decided to try and sleep in a bit.  Instead, we were woken up by the herd of elephants that ran up the stairs past our door to the breakfast room; one person even tried to open our door!  We made it out the door and stood in line at the Uffizi Gallery for about two hours.  While in line we did chat with the nice young couple behind us in line; they were from Florida.  After 2 hours of waiting we got in and said good-bye (they got an audio tour), and went our separate ways.  After that much talking, we still don’t’ know what their names were.  We took a couple of hours to walk through the museum where we got to see works of art from Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Leonardo Da Vinci.  We took a short break mid tour for a snack, and sat outside under an umbrella to not get wet from the downpour happening around us.  We decided that there is something about the weather on this trip; it seems to rain when we have no plans to be outside, and nice and warm on the days that involve walking and hiking.  After the 4-5 hours here, we felt we didn’t have enough time to fully enjoy the Pitti Gallery for the price, and decided to skip it for this trip.  We walked around Ponte Vecchio and looked at a few more art galleries and found ourselves back at the place from yesterday.  We bought another painting!  The frame is being custom made, and should be delivered to our house in about 20-25days.  After this, Jamie was very tired, so we went to the hotel and took a nap for about an hour before enjoying our last meal in Florence.   We both had dessert, and decided perhaps we should start with it next time, as it was simply divine (chocolate ice cream in brandy for Nashon, and flan for Jamie).  Tomorrow is off to the Tower of Pisa and a train ride to Rome.